158 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [May, 



been referred to him, at the last special meeting. The subject 

 was discussed at great length, and resolutions were adopted as 

 follows : 



Resolved, That we recognize the foUowing facts : 



(1). That tuberculosis is the most grave and fatal disease now 

 affecting tlie health and lives of the people of this State, destroy- 

 ing about 3,000 lives per 3'ear. 



(2). That this disease originates principall}^ by transmission 

 from man to man or from man to animals and again to man. 



(3). That the spread of this disease can be best arrested by 

 the disinfection of the sputa and other discharges, by special 

 supervision of those infected, and by the care of such persons 

 under conditions which will prevent the transmission of the 

 disease to others. 



(4). That such disinfection and supervision can not be car- 

 ried out in the crowded liomes of the poorer classes, and ' 



(5). That under conditions which will prevent re-infection, 

 man}' consumptives may be permanently cured, and returned 

 to their homes and work, educated in tlie methods of restricting 

 the disease. In view of these facts. 



Resolved, That this Board request of the next Legislature an 

 appropriation of S for the purpose of building, equipping 



and maintaining a State Hospital for Consumptives. 



Prof. Delos Fall presented a preamble and resolution which 

 were adopted as follows : 



Whereas It is desirable that every step taken shall tend to- 

 ward giving the largest amount of sanitary education to the 

 teachers and to the people of tlie State therefore. 



Resolved. That it is the judgment of this Board that the pro- 

 posed State Hospital for Consumptives should be located at the 

 seat of the State University at Ann Arbor, in order that it may 

 afford the best opportunities for tlie observation and study of 

 this most important disease, in conjunction with the investi 

 gations now being so satisfactorily pursued, in bacteriology and 

 other departments of sanitar}'' science, at the State Laboratory 

 of Hygiene. 



The Secretary presented and read portions of his report of 

 work done in the office during the quarter just ended, which 

 included the action taken for the restriction of 412 outbreaks of 

 dangerous communicable diseases, 6 outbreaks being of small 

 pox. Consumption was reported from 185 localities. 



BACTERIOLOGY. 



Mice Destroyed by Bacilli. — Jean Danysz reports using a 

 specific bacillus, for destroying immense numbers of small ro- 

 dents in France. He does not tell what the bacillus is, but he 



